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Another Study Concludes that Labor Epidural Analgesia Is Linked to Autism
Fickle Findings from Recent Research Leave Parents Wondering Which Results Are Correct Over the past three years, SafeMinds has covered five studies investigating epidural anesthesia use during labor and its neurodevelopmental effect on offspring. The results of these studies have been inconsistent, with one study finding a direct association between epidurals and autism, one finding […]
Is There No Risk or a Slight Risk Between Epidurals and Autism?
Two New Studies Are Interpreted Two Different Ways For the most part, two large studies published last month rejected an association between epidural anesthesia given to mothers in labor and the development of autism in their children. Both studies were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Interestingly, each of these new […]
Study Shows No Association Between Epidural Analgesia and Autism Risk
However Previous Recent Research Links the Two A new Canadian study has found no association between epidural labor analgesia (ELA) and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. The results from this longitudinal study reported that 2.1% of children exposed to ELA later developed ASD, compared to 1.7% whose mothers did not utilize […]
Epidurals Used During Labor Linked to Higher Autism Risk
Obstetric and Anesthesiology Organizations Don’t Agree with Study’s Finding A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics has found that the rate of autism was higher in children whose mothers received epidurals during labor. Although, the study’s authors considered the risk only slightly higher. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were diagnosed in 1.9% of the children delivered […]
Community Shares | January 1st 2024
A new study has explored the association between common immune-mediated and cardiometabolic conditions during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. The results showed that asthma and obesity were independently associated with a higher likelihood of child ASD. Women with both asthma and obesity had substantially more chances of delivering infants who were later diagnosed with […]
Community Shares | September 5th 2022
Another large cross-national study has found no support for the hypothesis that exposure to labor epidural analgesia can cause autism or ADHD in offspring. This paper adds to other research that found no connection between the two factors. A study published in JAMA Pediatrics two years ago caused a stir in the obstetric and anesthesiology […]
